DETECTION OF MULTILAYER CIRRUS CLOUD USING FY-1C DATA^*

There are ten channels in the FY-1C polar-orbiting meteorological satellite of China.These channels cover visible,near-infrared and infrared spectral bands.Based on simulating analysis of single layer and multilayer clouds that cirrus clouds possibly overlap low water clouds,the case study using FY-1C data is performed.Results show that FY-1C data can be used to analyze multilayer clouds,especially for the ease of low water cloud overlaid by cirrus.